Accounting · head to head
Plaid vs Soldo
Soldo
Accounting
Prepaid company card and spend control platform for European businesses
- From
- £21/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Plaid no dollar amount is published for any product, and the pricing page states no per request rate or minimum commitment; Soldo cards are prepaid, so if the central wallet runs low the cards decline in front of a supplier, and treasury has to keep an idle float funded rather than using a credit line.
- They diverge on capability: Plaid covers Bank account linking, Soldo covers Prepaid company cards.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Plaid and Soldo actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Plaid
- Bank account linking
- Transaction data
- Identity verification
- Income verification
- Asset reports
- Venmo
- Robinhood
- Coinbase
Only in Soldo
- Prepaid company cards
- Card-level budgets
- Receipt capture
- Accounting export
- Multi-currency wallets
- Approval workflows
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Plaid
- Connecting bank accounts to an application for balances and transactionsnot Soldo
- Verifying account ownership and income for payments or lendingnot Soldo
Soldo
- A construction firm giving site managers fuel and materials cards with hard per-card limitsnot Plaid
- A marketing team issuing virtual cards per subscription so a cancelled tool cannot keep billingnot Plaid
- A UK company that cannot get approved for a credit-based corporate card programmenot Plaid
- A multi-entity European business needing EUR and GBP wallets without conversion on every purchasenot Plaid
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Plaid
- No dollar amount is published for any product, and the pricing page states no per request rate or minimum commitment
- Three different billing models apply depending on the product, being one time per connected account, monthly per connected account, and per successful API call
- That mix means total cost depends on which products are combined rather than on a single unit
- Discounted rates require the Growth plan, which is a 12 month commitment
Soldo
- Cards are prepaid, so if the central wallet runs low the cards decline in front of a supplier, and treasury has to keep an idle float funded rather than using a credit line.
- The plan fee covers only three users, and per-user charges plus physical card fees mean the real monthly cost is several times the advertised headline for a team of twenty.
- It does not extend credit, so it gives no working capital benefit and no card rewards of the kind US charge card issuers use to offset their cost.
- Sole traders and some business types are not accepted, which catches out small consultancies expecting to sign up online.
- Coverage is European; a company with US or Asian subsidiaries will need a second card programme and a second expense workflow for them.
Pricing, plan by plan
Plaid
$29/month- Pay-as-you-goFree
- Bank connections
- Transaction data
- Account verification
Soldo
£21/month- Standard$21/month
- Three users included
- Around £7 per additional user per month
- Physical card issuance fee around £5, virtual around £1
- Plus$33/month
- Three users included
- Around £11 per additional user per month
- Advanced approval and multi-currency features
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Quoted pricing
- Custom card volumes and entity structures
- Dedicated account management
Which should you pick?
Choose Plaid if
- You need bank account linking.
- You work on Api, Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want transaction data.
Choose Soldo if
- You need prepaid company cards.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want card-level budgets.
Questions people ask
- Is Plaid or Soldo better?
- Neither clearly leads. Plaid starts at $29/month and Soldo at £21/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Plaid or Soldo?
- Plaid starts at $29/month and Soldo at £21/month.
- Does Plaid or Soldo run on more platforms?
- Plaid runs on Api, Web, Ios, Android. Soldo runs on Web, iOS, Android.
- What is Plaid best used for?
- Plaid is most often used for connecting bank accounts to an application for balances and transactions, verifying account ownership and income for payments or lending. Of those, connecting bank accounts to an application for balances and transactions and verifying account ownership and income for payments or lending are not what Soldo is typically brought in for.
- What can Plaid do that Soldo cannot?
- Plaid covers Bank account linking, Transaction data, Identity verification, Income verification. Soldo covers Prepaid company cards, Card-level budgets, Receipt capture, Accounting export.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Plaid: How much does Plaid cost?
Plaid does not publish per request rates. It offers Pay as You Go with no upfront commitment, a Growth plan on a 12 month commitment with discounts, and a Custom plan priced on volume. Figures come from its sales team.
SourceSoldo: Is Soldo a credit card?
No. It is prepaid electronic money. You fund a wallet and cards spend from it, so there is no credit line and no interest-free period.
Plaid: How does Plaid bill for its products?
Plaid uses three billing shapes: one time fee products charged once per connected account, subscription products charged monthly per connected account, and per request products charged a flat fee for every successful API call.
SourceSoldo: What licence does Soldo hold?
Soldo is authorised as an electronic money institution, including UK, Irish and Italian entities, which is why it can issue cards without a sponsor bank in those markets.
Plaid: Can I test Plaid for free?
Yes. Plaid's Limited Production service allows up to 200 API calls with each available product using live data, before any commitment. Plaid is also free for the consumers whose accounts are connected.
SourceSoldo: What does it really cost for twenty users?
Take the plan fee, add the per-user rate for the seventeen users beyond the included three, then add card issuance fees per physical card.
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